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Wacky winter weather across the U.S.

A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles.

Conner Perkins, 2, smiles as he plays in freshly-fallen snow, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A snowplow clears an overpass of freshly-fallen snow over Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Leon Perkins, 3, sits in a snowbank as his father helps him put on mittens Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. The Seattle family headed to the mountains Tuesday to enjoy the new snow that fell overnight. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A car still topped by snow drives down an onramp and past trucks stopped to remove chains after making the drive across Snoqualmie Pass, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A snowshoer changes socks and shoes before starting out on a trek in freshly-fallen snow at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

King County Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Linde, a member of the county’s search and rescue unit, uses a chainsaw to clear a partially fallen tree blocking a road Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. Linde said that a small group of hikers, who were without snowshoes, were in need of assistance in getting out of the area after a heavy overnight snow there. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Truck driver Jesse Arevalo, of Yakima, Wash., stows his chains after making the drive across Snoqualmie Pass, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Skiers and snowboarders ride a lift up a mountain on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A person walks under the Manhattan Bridge on a warm evening in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. In a reversal of a typical Christmas, forecasters expect New York to be in the mid-60s on the holiday  several degrees higher than Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

A couple pauses near the Brooklyn Bridge on a warm evening in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. A weather pattern partly linked with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow across the West that even skiing slopes have been overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

A man walks through a plaza on a warm evening in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. In a reversal of a typical Christmas, forecasters expect New York to be in the mid-60s on the Christmas holiday  several degrees higher than Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

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